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Immigration's bungled tech upgrade - there could be more missing millions

Podcast: The Detail
Published: Jun 17, 2026
Duration seconds: 1186
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More than $30 million was written off for the failed project, but that may not be the true cost of this saga Millions of dollars have been wasted and the integrity of public servants called into question over an Immigration New Zealand tech upgrade that went badly wrong Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details